#A16FD5#A16FD5

#A16FD5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.155 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16FD5
RGB	rgb(161, 111, 213)
HSL	hsl(269, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 48%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 47.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 39.60, -45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 60.13, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.0889 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.155 305)
XYZ	xyz(32.3901, 23.7502, 65.8158)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16FD5 #A3D56F

analogous

#6F70D5 #A16FD5 #D46FD5

triadic

#A16FD5 #D5A16F #6FD5A1

tetradic

#A16FD5 #D56F70 #A3D56F #6FD5D4

square

#A16FD5 #D56F70 #A3D56F #6FD5D4

split-complementary

#A16FD5 #D5D46F #70D56F

monochromatic

#642E9C #8240C7 #A16FD5 #C09EE3 #DFCEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A16FD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A16FD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16FD5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16FD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16FD5	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5284D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6086D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16fd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 111, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.155 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf99e2',
    500: '#a16fd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16fd5;
$custom-light: #bf99e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16fd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.412,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63558,
    "c": 0.15477,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.2375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16FD5

secondary

#D0E2BE

accent

#C22374

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16FD5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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